The Carpetbaggers [Blu-ray] in Bloomington, MN

Set in the '20s and '30s and based on Harold Robbin's book, this drama chronicles the life of millionaire Jonas Cord, Jr. (George Peppard) who inherits his father's business and who has no scruples in romance nor business until his older friend, Nevada Smith (Alan Ladd--whose performance here was his last) knocks some sense into him. Robbins insists that his story was not based on the life of Howard Hughes.